Flushing-valve.



PATENTBD FEB. 6, 1906* 0. F. WINTER. PLUSHING VALVE. APPLICATION FILEDJUNE 30, 1905.

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.li iplinntion filed June 30, 1905. Serial No. 267,852.

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} tie it lniiown thnt l, GI-Ltitljtll i WINTER, e oi linen ol tin-ill'iiited. States oi" rlimerica, and a rneiclent oi lrliunil ton countyoil l3 utler, Stete oil? Ohio hove invented certein new and usefulimprovenicnte in. t lnailing-Wolves, of which the toll in: is uspecification lt'ty iuvi'aintion relates "to it tliushing-vnlve ll'oruse in tho lluehing-tnnlts oi "WtJLiJQP-ClOSGilS which when eoutedprotected from the nction of the wnrtcr end in tho nee of which the inioynint member is lee eubject to the wear oi eontnctii'ig the valve-sootthan those now in nee,

Figure l. vertical sectioned view through the valve en1. tidying myinvention. Fig. 2 is e dotoil view oi. a modified form of the home Thevalve-neat o is formed by on annular tliinge it, wlunlh in formed. uponthe interior oi. the upper end of a metallic oup it, which is to betenured inthe bottom of the flushingtnnit end hue on. onnnlsirmrteriorly-screw"- threaded omtteneion upon its bottom to receive the:tlueliing oipe. The cup A has likewise upon its side it eochet a,whoseoponing a occurs below the valvesent c. Frocket o is interiorlyscrewtlu'endocl to receive an over- How-pine ll.

The vnlvo t) consists of at circular metnllic disk 0, nurvod upward. atits edgee, a leather or rubber cirenhir washer c, and a metallic helleeenrcd upon a nut o", into the socket oi which the valve-stein e fits.The metnliie disk 0 in mode ol the conto'ru' oitho vnlvesent o, und thediameter of the boil 0 is made the some in; the diz'nneter oil the hingeo, so that when the vnlvo sents the hell 0 passes in the 1nodi- :l' nl'orin ehown in Pig. 2 in place of melting the buoyiint nnnnbnr oi thevalve of a ball, on ehown in l ig. i, it in mode of n cijronlur rim,which in left open upon its bottom a forming an inverted run c. Thewilvn-utcm c recipl'ocntni-i in n bran-hot l), Wllifi'l'] is Secured tothe overflow--pipo ll and may be mitvd by any ol the methods now in.Linc-----u:-;, for instance, by tho ordinary lover whnnit in do eirod tollunh. tho howl.

hoids the vulvo r from its emit until all the in one whei'i lzilhr ll'roni. 1th) sent the liuoyunt member 0 ol hag. ,1

water in the thnk hoe been dieclnirged, after which the weight of thovulve will cause the ball a to post into the cup A and tho dink r topress the Washer c fi mly to the son t u. it tr soon that in thisposition the niotliilin bull if is not in contact with the writer of thetank, so that it is not worn bythe notion of the weter end of thesediment.

1n the modification shown in l ig. .5 wlirn the valve raised from itssent the nir lnlrl in the inverted cup will buoy up the Volvo uni ii thewater in the tonic has been illru'lml'gml,

in this modification. likewise the c ip is not sulnoet to the notion ol'the wntor n: the (out: When the valve is seated. it in soon like nan inboth modifications that the wear o non the buoyant member by reason oicontacting with the vulve-eent in rodnood to :1 minimum andv likewisethat there is no tendency to die tort the she in oi the buoynnt memberby reason of its lining brought to the neat.

What I claim is-- 1. In it llns hingwalve the combination of n,volve-sent consisting oi" e flange Silti'lil-lil(lill,f an opening, itvalve consisting of :1 dish to contact the Volvo-sent and :i buoyantninln ber situated below the disk end being of :1 diameter such as topass througl i-lttlll opening.

2; l n u flushing-Volvo tho nornbiimtion oi or cup adapted to be seatedin the l'iottom of u flushing-tank having on intorinnl unnulnrflnngc'nonr its top forming at vulva-soot,- it means for coupling theflushing-pipe to'ini bottom and u valve consisting 01' u dink to seatagainst the flange, and a huoyunt men;- bcr locnted beneath the dish endof 21. f-lllfltj such as to pass through the [hinge into the cup. v

3. in e ilushingwnlvo the combination oil it nesting in tho Sharpe of acup to be ensued oi the bottom oi n flushing-tunic and lowing); near itstop on interior unnulur flung-c tngetl'icr with n Volvo consist/trig ofu niotuliin disk to Rent against the valve-soot and u lnili below thedisk of n dininetor Whinh in to now through the unnuiur llnng'o into thecup.

